Picture Book Manuscript Critiques

I offer line-level picture book manuscript critiques!

For just $25, I will critique your fiction or nonfiction children’s picture book manuscript, of 1000 words or less, in under a week. I will critique your manuscript as a Word document using Comments and Markups. I will help you create a more polished picture book story that is a joy to read and one step closer to being ready to submit to publishers or literary agents.

My critique will focus on the following elements as they relate to picture books:

Word choice
Sentence structure
Paragraph length
Pacing and flow
Showing vs. telling
Tightening word count
Active vs. passive voice
Clarity
Minor grammar and punctuation errors

Contact Me

Before contacting me, please make sure of the following:

  1. Your manuscript is formatted as a Word document.
  2. Your manuscript is 1000 words or less.
  3. Your manuscript was written for children.
  4. No part of your manuscript has been written by AI.

If you’re ready to have your picture book manuscript critiqued, please reach out via my contact page, and I’ll email you next steps.

Pricing

Critiques are $25 per manuscript. I bill via PayPal and will email an invoice to you once the job is completed.

For an additional $10, I will take a second look at your manuscript after you’ve completed revisions.

Rhyming Manuscripts

I’m more than happy to critique a rhyming manuscript, but please be advised that I am not an expert in poetry and cannot, therefore, comment on meter, scansion, stressed syllables, and etc. I can, however, point out places in which the rhyme or line seems off to my ear, if you’ve used near rhyme, or if you simply didn’t rhyme your lines.